114: July 19, 2010
An amazing week -- especially of African music
113: July 8, 2010
1. Afrofest weekend: schedule detail
2. Next week's events:
3. Last week's shows
112: July 3, 2010
1. This weekend:
L'Orchestre Sepentrional from Haiti: concert & film
More at Harbourfront's Hot Spot & Corso Italia
2. Other events:
a) Afrofest next weekend: lineup updates
b) Other shows: Lula this month & others
c) Congolese stars on July 25
3.Down the road: Eliades Ochoa & the "original" Buena Vista
Social Club
Eliades Ochoa at the Lula; and a dream African-Cuban lineup.
4. "Wavin' Flag" the World Cup and original versions
111: June 26, 2010
1. Tonight: "Grievous Angel" and the story of Gram Parsons
and Emmylou Harris
2. Toronto Jazz Festival: some roots music highlights
3. Other upcoming events
4. Miscellaneous notes:
a) Luminato: Bassekou! and others
b) Fela! report from Broadway
c) Son House: "John the Revelator"
110: June 10, 2010
1. Luminato notes
a) More on "The Concert", June 12
b) Other concerts and events
2. Upcoming events
3. Jazz Festival & Angelique Kidjo on radio
4. A huge African July weekend
5. Last weekend: Ethio Stars & Ricardo Lemvo
109: June 1, 2010
1. Event notes: whatever your style (almost), it's coming to
town
2. Luminato notes: That June 12 concert!
3. Desandann: set for success? (finally)
4. Updates from last newsletter: Hattie Carroll, Staff Benda
Billili
5. Big news from Texas
108: May 19, 2010
1. Plug from Music Africa
2. Radio Documentary: "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
3. Event notes
4. Carolina Chocolate Drops: review, photos, video
107: May 6, 2010
1. Event notes: Good times at the Gladstone; May highlights
2. Other notes: Fela rakes in the Tony nominations; Adam
Solomon's new CD
3. Recent concert videos
106: Apr. 22, 2010
1. Event notes: Highlights around the corner, coming up, and
a little further down the road. Lots to get excited about
2. Awards: Juno congratulations, Songlines Awards nominees
105: Apr. 9,
2010
1. Radio & Community: CIUT Fundraising
2. Billy Joe Shaver trial: Not Guilty
3. King Sunny Adé concert cancelled; other event notes
104: Mar. 27, 2010
1. Event reminders and alerts for the next month
2. Charlie Gillett: music from his funeral
3. Video from some recent Toronto shows
103: Mar. 17, 2010
RIP, Charlie Gillett & Sam Mtukudzi
102: Feb. 24, 2010
1. Weekend events, including "Africans for Haiti"
2. Upcoming: Eliades Ochoa, Bassekou Kouyaté, Mavis & Toussaint
(plus Ali & Toumani CD)
3. D'Gary video
101: Feb. 17, 2010
Event updates
100: Jan. 14, 2010
1. Haiti
2. Lhasa de Sela: remembrances of a magnificent artist
3. RIP: Sterns Music Store, The Beat magazine
4. Charlie Gillett's last BBC radio show?
5. Odds & Ends:
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté: new CD & video
Baaba Maal videos
Songlines Music Awards: vote this month
World music on TV?
6. Event notes: Teddy Afro
Jan. 23, Black History Month events
99: Dec. 29, 2009
1.
Small World Concert ticket sale through Dec. 31: great
bargains
2. Event updates: Teddy Afro on Jan. 23
3. Concert photo updates
98: Dec. 22, 2009
1.
Holiday wishes
2. Mahmoud Ahmed in Toronto, Dec. 25
3. Calendar update
97: Dec. 13, 2009
1. 2010 Concert photo calendar: order now if you want one
2. Bassekou Koyaté & Ngoni Ba: CD available online; North
American tour
3. Staff Benda Bilili: CD gets awards; documentary trailer
4. Assorted notes
5. Event notes: 3 shows today
96: Dec. 5, 2009
1. 2010 Concert photo calendar coming
2. "Best of" lists updated
3. Salif Keita: his foundation, new CD & tour
4. Event notes: including a Christmas visit from Mahmoud Ahmed
95: Nov. 26, 2009
1.Events:
a) Harambee Blues: CD & CD Launch (Dec 1)
b) Other events
2. "Best of": ... the year, the decade, and of the recent WOMEX
conference
3. Radio:
a) world music disappearing from radio?
b) On the BBC: profiles of Alan Freed and Oum Kalthoum (not together)
4. Khaled in Las Vegas, Fela on Broadway What's the world coming
to?
5: Doug Sahm: Remembering the great Texan musician, 10 years
after his death
94: Nov. 13, 2009
Two weekend events: Benefit for Burkina Faso flood victims;
Oliver Mtukudzi
93: Nov. 6, 2009
1. Tribute to Hank Young: "The Gladstone Cowboy", Nov. 8
2. Radio Notes: CKLN, CIUT, Franco, "The Grand Master"
3. Afrofest: documentary, photos
4. Womex reports
5. Event notes: A full, and very international November
6. Photography notes: concert photos, exhibit of photographs
from Madagascar
92: Oct. 23, 2009
1. Notable recent dates:
a)
RIP, Shelby Singleton
b)
Franco: 20th anniversary of his death & a new CD anthology
c)
Fela Kuti (the musical) opens on Broadway
d)
Chuck Berry turns 83
2. Cuba:
a) Cuban musicians get visas to the U.S. (Yes, this is news!)
b) Cuban music and film in Toronto
c) Cuba on radio and the web
3. Memphis videos
4. Upcoming Events, including Adam Solomon & Tikisa this Sunday,
The Very Best, Playing for Change, Oliver Mtukudzi and others
91: Sep. 23, 2009
1. The Healing Power of Music: a subway reminder
2. Americana music: Awards & events
3. Milestones: Jimi Hendrix, Marie Knight, Youssou n'Dour, Billy
Joe Shaver
4. Event notes: Slim releases; Tuku returns and Small World is
everywhere
90: Sep. 17, 2009
Film Festival Recommendation: The Wind Journeys
Getatchew Mekuria notes, photo, video
89: Sep. 11, 2009
Film Festival notes
88: Sep. 6, 2009
Irma Thomas, Brazilian Day, music at TIFF, Ethiopian shows
87: Aug. 28, 2009
1. Event updates (including the African Travel Expo)
2. Odds and Ends: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Otis, Khaled in
Las Vegas
86: Aug. 14, 2009
1. Events, including Dundas West Neighbourhood Day & Samba
on Dundas
2. Les Paul
3. Baaba Maal tickets on sale
85: Aug. 6, 2009
1. Event updates
2.
Soul Power: documentary of a concert for the ages
84: Jul. 16, 2009
1. Events
2. Happy Birthday, Mavis Staples
83: Jun. 26, 2009
1. Online music
2. Event highlights
82: Jun. 12, 2009
Event notes
81: Jun. 4, 2009
1. New event page
2. Big weekend
80: May 21, 2009
1. May 22: Planning Your Evening
2. Down the road: highlights, including Lhasa on BBC Radio
79: Apr. 17, 2009
1. Radio notes: RIP, CHUM AM; "Global Rhythms" 20th
anniversary
2. Upcoming Events: this month, plus spring/summer festival info
3. Past Events: Great shows in Nashville & Toronto
4. Record Store Day, April 18: support your local independent
music retailer
78: Mar. 26, 2009
1. Event highlights
2. CIUT fundraising
3. Changes in the "world music" scene?
77: Mar. 19, 2009
1. Baaba Maal & Oliver Mtukudzi: concert performances on
radio (and Baaba Maal CD news)
2. Events of note
3. Luminato music events, including Emmylou Harris/Buddy Miller
and others
4. CD's to watch for
76: Mar. 2, 2009
1. Jason Wilson & Jackie Mittoo Tribute: Mar. 5
2. Cadillac Records at the Revue
3. Mandékalou video online
4. Last weekend & next: hot show at the Gladstone & a Zimbabwean
group to watch
5. Emmanuel Jal in the Globe
6. Habib Koité confirmed at the Revival
75: Feb. 25, 2009
1. Looking back: Some highlights of the past month
2. Looking ahead: February goes out with a bang
74b: Feb. 17, 2009
1. Emmanuel Jal: booksigning, Feb. 18
2. Missia Saran (Dioubaté) concert: Feb 21
74: Feb. 15, 2009
1. A Valentine story: Elton & Betty White
2. Events:
- Gospel lunch with Mighty Popo
(today), more Black
History month events
- Small World Music events & fundraiser
3. Notes:
- Ballaké Sissoko show; Juno Awards; Bela & Toumani; good news from
the bankruptcy front
73: Feb. 3, 2009
1. February Highlights: Ballaké
Sissoko, Kuumba, Gladstone & more
2. 2008 in Review
3. Assorted Notes:
Inaugural music; Wanda's in the Hall; Video updates; the
World's Biggest Record Collection (and a famous casket?) for sale
72: Jan. 11, 2009
1. globalFEST live webcast tonigth
2. Manu Chao on radio
3. Event notes: Femi Kuti cancelled; Ballaké Sissoko coming to
town
71: Dec. 4, 2008
1. RIP, Odetta
2. "Playing for Change": Peace Through Music
3. News from Ethiopia
a) Kemer Yousef update
b) Teddy Afro convicted of manslaughter
4. Upcoming Events
- Wanda Jackson, double gospel and more
70: Nov. 22, 2008
1, Barack Obama:
a) 1000 music videos
b) Adam Solomon's Obama song
c) The election & Mavis Staples
2. Miriam Makeba
3. Odetta is seriously ill
4. Album & artists of 2008: award changes
5. Kemer Yousef returns to Ethiopia
6. Magazine (& book) news: Global Rhythm, Songlines, Oxford
American
7. Event notes: fundraising
8. Music Africa: Annual Meeting, Nov. 23
9. Workshop for world music artists, managers, etc.
69: Nov. 10, 2008
Miriam Makeba dies
68: Nov. 4, 2008
U.S. Election Special:
Toronto Obama events, Obama radio, music videos, and tribal
perspectives in Kenya
67:Oct. 31, 2008
1. Hallowe'en (and after) events
2. CIUT fundraising
66: Sep. 26, 2008
Weekend updates
65: Sep. 24, 2008
1. Great radio tonight at 7: Ernest Ranglin & Pee Wee Ellis
2. Highlights of the next week
64: Sep. 18, 2008
Events, festivals, bike-powered music & Worlds of Music
Workshops
63: Sep. 2, 2008
1. Music at Toronto International Film Festival - including live
performance by Youssou n'Dour
2. Other September music highlights
3. RIP, Jerry Wexler
62: Aug. 14, 2008
1. A great African music
weekend (Aug. 15-17)
2. Other upcoming event highlights
3. CIUT Live Broadcasts & Archived Podcasts
61: July 26, 2008
1. Ethiopian night: concert &
films (Jul 26)
2. Kassav: Jul 31
60: July 4, 2008
Afrofest & July music
59: June 20, 2008
1. Hot Summer Music, Part 1
2. Books
3. RIP, Bo Diddley
58: May 20, 2008
1. Benefit for Burma tonight
2. Events
a) Upcoming
b) Festival season ... and an amazing 12 days in June/July
3. Video updates, including "Barack Obama's WorldBeat Album"
4. CD & Book notes
5. Other:
a) The "world music market" in Toronto: four local musicians
discuss
b) CBC Radio Two: what kind of music?
57: March 27, 2008
1. "Kalimba Summit"
2. Other Upcoming Shows
56: March 10, 2008
1. Mar 11 events:
a) Road to Baleya screened on BravoTV
b) Protest against Bill C-10"
2. Other event highlights
3. Video updates
55: March 5, 2008
1. Triple bill (Mar 5-8):
"Women of the World"
2. Other event highlights
54: February 22, 2008
1. Event highlights
2. Past shows: Hugh Masekela & Salsa Africa: photos, review & radio
rebroadcast
3. Worlds of Music Winter Workshops
4. Video, audio & more
53: February
15, 2008
1. Live: Highlight shows: Hugh
Masekela, Trio Joubran
2. Online: BBC Radio 3, Toumani Diabate, American politics (Bush
to Busby), African cassettes and more
3. Best 6 Albums ever?
4. Angelique Kidjo & a World Music Grammy
5. Film (The Band's Visit) opens
6. Ike's Funeral: Solomon Burke saves Phil Spector
7. More events
52: February 1,
2008
February events
51: January 19, 2008
1. Andy Palacio dies
2. Kenyan fundraiser, Jan. 20
3. Best of 2007
4. Miscellaneous Notes
5. Event notes
50: December 20, 2007
1. Mahmoud Ahmed in Toronto: Dec. 25
2. The biography of Doc Pomus
3. Best of 2007
4. Upcoming Events
5. Ike Turner
49: December 4, 2007
1. Events: Tough choices on
Wednesday (Métis fiddling, Zimbabwean mbira, Eliana CD & Indian
jazz/funk - bluegrass fighting global warming)
2. Other events:
a) Alpha Yaya Diallo
b) Jamaica to Toronto (including new
release)
3. 2007 Music Awards: updates
4. Recent show follow-up: Tinariwen, Desandann, Tikisa
48: November 26, 2007
1. Upcoming Events
-- Grupo Vocal Desandann
-- Free Burma benefit
-- more
2. Other notes:
-- BBC World Music Award Nominations
-- WOMEX highlights
47: November 8, 2007
1. November Events
2. Toronto music organizations: CIUT FM & Music Africa
3. Music on BBC
4. Earthsong events: belly dancing, Tikisa and Stella Chiweshe!
46: October 20, 2007
1. Happy Birthday Wanda Jackson!
2. Lucky Dube killed
3. Stella Chiweshe in town
45: October 11, 2007
1. Youruba Andabo
2. Oxford American annual music issue
44: August 23, 2007
Event updates
43: August 5, 2007
1. Jose Chameleone: Sun.
Aug. 5
2. Katenen "Cheka" Diobaté:
-- Mamaya Festival, Aug. 11
-- Looking for a videographer
3. Most influential DJ on the planet?
4. Video gems
42: July 31, 2007
1. Aug 1: tough choices
2. Caribana & more
3. More August Events
4. Looking ahead: Small World Festival
5. Looking back: download Samba Mapangala & photos
41: July 19, 2007
Event updates
40: July 12, 2007
1. Afrofest 2007: Thanks!
2. Recent photos: Seun, Mavis & Toumani
3. Upcoming: two hot shows; Billy Joe Shaver; World Rhythms &
more
39: July 4, 2007
1. Last weekend
2. Don't miss this weekend: Toumani Diabaté
3. Or this: Afrofest 2007
4. Also this weekend
38: June 29, 2007
1. Hot weekend: Kuti's, Eritrean krar, Mavis Staples, and a terrific
double bill
2. Upcoming: Brazillian samba/harmonica, Toumani Diabate, Afrofest,
Billy Joe Shaver
3. Other: free Zimbabwean downloads, Delbert McCllinton, Kenyan trip
37: May 30, 2007
1. Wedding invitation: June
2
2. Hot concerts: past & present
3. Hot online concerts
4. The past is catching up: retro music in town
5. So long, and thanks, Sam
6. Events
7. Trip to Kenya
8. Album art??
36: May 25, 2007
1. African Guitar Summit: Here, there, everywhere
2. 50 years of rock & roll radio in Toronto
35: May 6, 2007
1. TV Docs this week (Arabic music & The Gladstone)
2. What a Wonderful (Lula) World
3. Ba Cissoko - don't miss out
4. Grampa terrorizes little kids
5. Other events
34: Apr. 26,
2007
1. Toronto music folks - news
2. Upcoming event highlights
3. Rhythm & The Jews film series
4. Africa & The Blues interview
5. Womad 2006 online
6. Video updates
33: Apr. 13, 2007
1. CIUT fundraising
2. Events
32: Apr. 4, 2007:
1. Film recommendation: Between Two Notes
2. Billy Joe Shaver news
31: Mar. 31, 2007
1. Juno concert broadcasts and
other shows
2. Photo update
30: Mar. 30, 2007
1. Event highlights
2. Hiphop #1: K'Naan
3. Hiphop #2: "Democracy in Dakar"
4. Music in Libya
5. Video updates
29: Mar. 2,
2007
1. March event highlights
2. Honouring Ali Farka Touré
3. African music download site
28: Feb, 15,
2007
1. Vieux Farka Touré: today, tomorrow & last week
2. Events: Chinese New Year and more
27: Feb. 8, 2007
1. Juno Nominations include
African Guitar Summit and Mr. Something Something
2. Vieux Farka Touré Feb. 10
3. More events
4: Other: K'naan on Somalia; recent photos posted.
26: Jan. 24, 2007
a notice of some upcoming
events, and a "Best of 2006" update.
25: Jan. 19, 2007
1. Palm Wine concert
rebroadcast Feb. 19
2. CBC Radio changes
3. Events: Johnny Clegg, and more
4. Other: Alglerian Rai, photos
24: Jan. 10,
2007
1. Handsome Ned
2. Video links
3. Events
4. Tune Your World: buy music, help Africa
5. Website updates
6. Billy Joe Shaver
7. K'Naan
23: Dec. 30, 2006
1. Picks of 2006 (CD's, concerts and more)
2. RIP: Ahmet, Ruth & James
3. Solomon Linda - the sad origins of "Wimoweh"
4. Assorted Notes
5. Assistance needed in Senegal
22: Dec. 1,
2006
1. Upcoming Events: A big month for African Guitar Summit
fans
2. BBC World Music Award Nominations
3. K'Naan: a different message?
4. Top 100 Albums of all time?? (Well, this comes from TIME
magazine...)
21: Nov. 3, 2006
1. A Southern Music find
2. Happy 80th birthday to Chuck Berry
3. Upcoming events:
4. CIUT fundraising, Nov. 6-12
5. Radio concert re-broadcasts (Horn of Africa, Refugee
All-Stars)
6. Opening of a new world arts, craft & music store: Adam
Solomon helps kick it off
7. Photo updates
20: Oct. 7, 2006
1. K'Naan tonight
2. Radio Notes
- upcoming concert broadcasts
- new CIUT morning show
- CKLN/CIUT fundraising
3. Recent photos posted
19: Sep. 29, 2006
Events, Donné joins Slim
18: Sep. 16, 2006
1. Events this weekend: Teddy
Afro, Day for Darfur, Jandek
2. Other events: Small World, Slim & Digging Roots, Wanda is
back
3. Notes: Music through your teeth, tough times, early African
recordings
17: Aug.
25, 2006
1. Two musical TV shows (Alan Lomax & "Legends of Madiba"
2. Archive of live Toronto concerts
3. CD of the week: Toumani Diabate's Boulevard de l'Independance
4. Event updates
16: Aug. 13,
2006
1. AIDS2006
Thomas Mapfumo, Donne Roberts & Soul Influence
"Youth On It!"
Rez & Kiran, featuring Kiran Ahluwalia and Digging Roots
Move Your World screening
2. Music for the Middle East
3. Musical update from New Orleans
4. Event update
15: Aug. 3, 2006
An event update and some extras:
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha, Caribana,radio,
Move Your World,
online video etc.
14: July 27,
2006
1. Solomon Burke - July 8
2. Photos
3. Upcoming events\
4. Links and Internet resources
5. Ali Farka Toure: his masterwork?
6. Charlie Gillett: update, WOMAD and world music guide
7. Libyan journal: the conclusion
13: July 1, 2006
1. Live Music highlights
upcoming
2. Live music broadcasts on CIUT
3. Music, Peace, & War
4. CD Sale
5. Were you at the Last Pogo?
12: June 3, 2006
1. Charlie Gillett: an update
2. RIP: Cheiki Remitti, Hamza el Din, Desmond Dekker
3. Events: live & radio
4. Libya
5. Online Music sources
6. African CD bargain
11: May 11, 2006
1. Aster Aweke May 13
2. "Rhythm & Jews film series & book recommendation
3. Upcoming shows in May
Lula World, Small World South Asian Festival
Njacko Backo May 13 (free)
Adam Solomon & Tikisa rebroadcast
Chasay Sichilima CD Release
Warsaw Village Band
K'Naan (radio)
4. New Website
10: Apr. 27, 2006
1. Spring Music Festivals: Lula World, Small World South
Asian Music Festival and "Rhythm & Jews" film festival
2. Adam Solomon: on film, on radio, on CD
3. Charlie Gillett on BBC with Hugh Masakela and K'Naan
4. Summer Music preview
5. African Notes:
a) Mali in NY Times
b) Stephen Lewis & the Nobel Peace Prize
c) Sudanese documentary on Google video
9: Mar. 23, 2006
1. Events
2. CIUT fundraising
8: Mar. 12,
2006
1. AGS concert re-broadcast on CBC Radio
2. Donne Roberts at the Gladstone, Mar. 18
7: Mar. 7, 2006
1. Ali Farka Toure dies
2. Events
6: Mar. 3, 2006
1. Belly Dancing this week
2. Gospel music this week
3. Other upcoming events
4. Misc. notes: World Music Awards & CD deals
5: Feb. 23, 2006
1. Steve Starchev
2. Changes/Corrections: radio concerts
3. Be Here to
Love Me: A film about Townes Van Zandt
4. Sacred Steel comes to Hugh's Room
5. Summertime at Harbourfront
#4: Feb. 20,
2006
1. Radio re-broadcasts of recent concerts
2. Updated photos; Ndidi's CD; Bana Y'Africa
3. African note: Tsotsi, fRoots, Granta, K'Naan
#3: Feb. 7, 2006
1. Black Umfolosi on Metro Morning
2. Tinariwen on CBC Radio
3. Events update
#2: Feb. 2, 2006
1. Sudan:
- A Canadian goes home
- Emmanuel Jal
- Kikijiko & Hip Hop for Africa
2. Photos:
- Tarig Abubakar Tribute (Jan. 20)
- Horn of Africa (Jan. 28)
3. Texas:
- Billy Joe Shaver
4. Events update
